911 briefs -- Published July 22, 2013

THE DELTA - A 28-year-old man was killed after his car drove off a Delta road and plunged into the water, the California Highway Patrol reported Sunday.

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By The Record

Posted Jul. 22, 2013 at 12:01 AM

By The Record
Posted Jul. 22, 2013 at 12:01 AM

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THE DELTA - A 28-year-old man was killed after his car drove off a Delta road and plunged into the water, the California Highway Patrol reported Sunday.

The crash happened just after 11:45 p.m. Saturday as the man and his 27-year-old passenger headed west on Lower Jones Road, west of Bacon Island Road, the CHP said.

Officers said they weren't sure how fast the car was going, nor why it went off the road and into Whiskey Slough.

The driver, whose name had not been released Sunday, drowned after he was unable to escape the car, the CHP said. The passenger got out and swam to safety.

WOODBRIDGE - While taunting officers about their inability to arrest a fleeing motorist, the man's brother provided law enforcement with just enough information to track the motorist down and arrest him, the California Highway Patrol reported Sunday.

Juan Oscar Garcia, 23, was in a car driving on Indiana Street in Woodbridge about 8:35 p.m. Saturday when officers attempted a traffic stop, the CHP said.

Garcia jumped from the front seat of the moving car and ran away, scaling several backyard fences, officers said.

While officers searched the area, the man's 18-year-old brother was trying to "taunt" the officers for failing to catch him, and in the process gave them enough information to identify Garcia and arrest him at his home several hours later, the CHP said.

Garcia was held on suspicion of obstructing a peace officer and violating parole.